Metuh Speaks As PDP Chiefs Opt Out Of Anambra Campaign

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP campaign in Anambra State has been thrown into turmoil over the composition of the campaign organisaiton for the governorship election.

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that former chairman of the party in the state, Ken Emekayi and PDP member of the House of Representatives Chris Azubogu in separate statements made available to  GreenWhiteGreen GWG withdrew themselves from the campaign council.

However, Chief Olisa Metuh who had also been severally reported as discrediting the campaign council told  GreenWhiteGreen GWG that he only claimed ignorance of the list and said nothing more. He said he was presently preoccupied taking care of his health in the United Kingdom.

“I only said that I was not consulted and that I am in the United Kingdom taking care of my health, that was all I said,” the erstwhile top PDP National Working Committee, NWC member told  GreenWhiteGreen GWG.

Ken Emeakayi, a former chairman of the PDP in Anambra State in his response to the development, while pleading to be counted out of the campaigns, said:

My Attention has just been drawn to a publication in the social media wherein my name Prince Ken Emeakayi is contained @ No. 15 in the list of members of your Campaign Council for Ihiala Local Government Area for the 6th November gubernatorial election, and I most humbly and respectfully wish to state as follows:

1. That at no time was I consulted before the so called appointment was made.

2. I am still a member of the PDP and a former State Chairman for that matter, and I would love to see my Party to win the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State but I do not agree with the way and manner you are going about with the project.

3. That you appear to me to be more interested in causing more division in the Party in Anambra State than uniting members of the Party prior to the governorship election.

4. You have for reasons best known to you, deliberately sidelined and relegated to the background, key  PDP stakeholders and grassroots influencers.

5. That it does seem to me that you are about repeating the same mistakes of 2017, and I do not see how someone will keep doing same thing over and over again and expecting to get any different results.

Accordingly, it is for totality of above reasons and many more, that I regret to inform you about my decision not to accept the appointment to serve in your campaign council under reference.

Please count me out of the PDP Gubernatorial Campaign Council for the 6th November 2021 governorship election in Anambra State as presently constituted.

A member of the House of Representatives, Chris Azubogu similarly withdrew himself from the campaign council alleging among others that he was not consulted on the issue.

He said:

Engr Chris Emeka Azubogu’s attention has been drawn to the publication circulating on Social Media with the title: PDP UNVEIL HIGH-POWERED ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNORSHIP CAMPAIGN COUNCIL COMPRISING Obi, Oduah, Udeh, Obiogbolu, AZUBOGU, Okwenna, Others.

In the said publication, Engr. Azubogu was mentioned to be in charge of Anambra South Senatorial Zone campaign as Zonal Director of the Campaign.

We wish to state as follows:

(1) Engr Chris Emeka Azubogu was not consulted before the said composition of Campaign Council and was surprised to see his name as the Zonal Director for the said Campaign.

(2) Let it be known that Azubogu had no input in the said campaign council, not even in the said zone he was mentioned to be in charge.

(3) We wish to state that the quintessential lawmaker, otherwise called ‘MR. PROJECT’ is currently focusing on how to sustain efforts to bridge infrastructural gap through strategic engagements with all levels of Government, especially the Federal Government. Hence, is seriously pursuing the completion of some of the following projects: Nnewi Industrial Park project, situated at Unubi/Akwaihedi/Uga; Oba/Amichi/Uga/Okigwe Road; as well as pressing home the need for Gas Infrastructure and other key infrastructure that will help to stimulate growth.

(4) In view of these, Engr Chris Azubogu therefore, wishes to withdraw himself from the said Campaign Council to enable him focus on critical engagements that will protect the development interests of his constituents.

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